#4FB3DC#4FB3DC

#4FB3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FB3DC
RGB	rgb(79, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -16.75, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 33.72, 240.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0732 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.11 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2577, 39.0664, 73.5368)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4FB3DC #DC784F

analogous

#4FDCBE #4FB3DC #4F6CDC

triadic

#4FB3DC #DC4FB3 #B3DC4F

tetradic

#4FB3DC #BE4FDC #DC784F #6CDC4F

square

#4FB3DC #BE4FDC #DC784F #6CDC4F

split-complementary

#4FB3DC #DC4F6C #DCBE4F

monochromatic

#1D7193 #2798C6 #4FB3DC #82C9E6 #B5DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4FB3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4FB3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FB3DC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FB3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FB3DC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fb3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e7',
    500: '#4fb3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fb3dc;
$custom-light: #8ec9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fb3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.447,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72403,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FB3DC

secondary

#DFB8A8

accent

#703EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FB3DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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